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6/5/22 Picnic

WAGO picnic 6-5-22

Organ Crawl in Middlebury, Connecticut, April 9, 2022

Middlebury organ crawl 4-9-22
Maria Coffin
St. Georges Moller Great pipework
Dan Kendzior St. George
St. Georges Moller Great side
Michael Albert and Bill Degan
Westover School Chapel
Steve Rittenhouse and Allen Hill Westover
Westover Chancel
Westover left chamber
Westover chapel
Bob Havery
Allen Hill
MCC tower in window
new actions Westover
Westover group learning
Steve Rittenhouse
Pizza lunch 1 Pies and Pub
Pizza lunch 2 Pies and Pub
Pies and Pub
Pies and Pub
Middlebury Congregational Church
Middlebury CC 1988 Holtkamp II-22
organ plus midi
MCC David Obarowski host
MCC David Obarowski
MCC Bill Degan
Ken Beyer
Dale Eberhardt
St. John of the Cross Middlebury
St. John window
St. John listeners
Bob Havery and Toni Sullivan at new St. John Allen

Pedals, Pipes, and Pizza at First Congregational Church, Bristol, September 25, 2021

Participants (L to R): Justin, Michael, Gabe, Jean, Cody, Bill, and Rachel.

Annual Picnic and Meeting, August 29, 2021

WAGO Bob Dan Justin Dave Olga 8-29-21
WAGO group 8-29-21
WAGO Ken Betsy Roberta Will Gwynne Michael Toni Bill
WAGO picnic 8-29-21 Hopko garden

SOME SIGNIFICANT HISTORIC LOCAL PIPE ORGANS

1895 2 manual, 8 rank Gilbert & Butler, Bridge Community Church, Bristol (looking for a new home)
1892 3 manual Johnson Organ, Sacred Heart Church, Waterbury (now closed)
1956 3 manual McManis, rebuilt by Charles McManis ca.1991, St. John's Episcopal Church, Waterbury
1906 3 manual Austin, restored by Foley Baker, Inc. in the early 1980's, St. Mary Church, New Britain
1841 1 manual 4 rank organ moved (and restored by Richard Hamar) from Riverton, Connecticut to Ste. Anne Shrine in Waterbury in 2009

Zoom Epiphany Social

January 3, 2021 Zoom Epiphany Social that featured a video organ crawl of the Longwood Gardens (Kennett Square, Pennsylvania) Aeolian pipe organ - screen shot of participants

2019-2020

First Congregational Church, Cheshire group photo. January 20, 2020 MLK Day organ crawl
Cheshire Lutheran Church Schlicker organ
First Congregational Church, Cheshire 1949 Aeolian-Skinner organ
Immanuel Lutheran Church, Meriden 1965 Moller
Immanuel Lutheran Church, Meriden 3 manual console, 1965 Moller
Immanuel Lutheran Church, Meriden 1965 Moller
Anthem Reading Session 9/14/19 at First Congregational Church, Bristol
January 3, 2020 Epiphany Social at Naugatuck United Methodist Church

February 24, 2019 WAGO Adult Choir Festival, St. Rose Church, Meriden

Avon HS Camerata
Full Chorus
Full Chorus without Avon HS
St. Andrew Lutheran Church choir, Gwynne Hopko, director
St. Joseph Church choir, Jean Degan, director
St. Rose Church choir, Robert Hopko, director, and Wallingford United Methodist Church choir, David Brandl, director

MLK 2019 WAGO Organ Crawl

Allen Hill
Allen Will Justin Susan Victorian House, Cheshire
Gail DeBoer at St. Peter's Episcopal Church, Cheshire
Holy Angels Church, South Meriden
Michael Petruzzi at St. Peter's Episcopal Church, Cheshire
Allen Hill at Nelson Hall, Elim Park, Cheshire
Nelson Hall Stoplist
Olga Dave Michael Victorian House, Cheshire
Paul, Diane, Toni, Bill Victorian House, Cheshire
Toni S and Chris D

March 3 2018 Youth Choir Festival

March 3, 2018 Youth Choir festival, Trinity Church, Torrington. Gabriel Lofvall, director
March 3, 2018 Youth Choir festival, Trinity Church, Torrington. Gabriel Lofvall, director